Their now-suspended "Sumptuous Erotica" blog, an archive of raw photos and videos shot during their intimate couplings, has made them the talk of Malaysia. News of their blog has appeared in almost every major publication in the country.

What's behind this obsession with a couple of attention-seeking, twenty-something amateur pornographers?

It's not the porn per se. Even in Muslim-majority Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, online pornography is accessible. The country mostly seems fixated on the fact that two young, ethnic Chinese Malaysians would take a chainsaw to their family reputations. Perhaps doubly shocking to Malaysians is how they appear relatively unfazed by the notoriety.

In a YouTube clip, Tan asked, "What do we have to apologize for? Hurting your soft, sensitive feelings?"

The blog is down for now because of "family pressure," they explained, though it may return in the future.

"My parents ... are not as open or cool as Alvin's parents are," Lee said. "It's more of what you call a 'face' thing."